Vegetables are important protective food for the maintenance of health and prevention of disease. They contain valuable food ingredients, which can be successfully utilized to build up and repair the body (Bakhru, 2003; Edet and Etim, 2007). Vegetables are valuable in maintaining alkaline reserve in the body. [Read more…]

The literature review is anchored on the specific objectives of this study. The review is organized into sections as follows: okra: overview, importance of okra, potential of okra, okra production in Nigeria, dried okra processing, okra marketing, channel of dried okra distribution and marketing, [Read more…]

Ngbede, Ibekwe, Okpara, Onyegbule and Adejumo (2014) identified three methods of processing okra, viz: slicing, slicing and crushing and slicing and grating methods. They observed that both manual and semi-modern processing methods are used for fresh and dried okra processing. [Read more…]